Quick Quiz: EH&S News of the Week
Test your knowledge relating to recent EH&S news—or use this quiz to stay sharp.
Air transportation of damaged, defective or recalled lithium batteries is forbidden.
Not quite.
Air transportation of damaged, defective or recalled (DDR) lithium batteries is forbidden. To offer DDR lithium batteries by ground or vessel, shippers must comply with stricter requirements for packaging, labeling, shipping papers, etc.
That's right.
Air transportation of damaged, defective or recalled (DDR) lithium batteries is forbidden. To offer DDR lithium batteries by ground or vessel, shippers must comply with stricter requirements for packaging, labeling, shipping papers, etc.
OSHA only accepts injury and illness reporting on official OSHA forms.
Not quite.
OSHA will accept forms that are equivalent to OSHA's official injury and illness reporting forms. The equivalent form must have the same information, be equally understandable, and must be completed using the same instructions as the form it replaces.
That's right.
OSHA will accept forms that are equivalent to OSHA's official injury and illness reporting forms. The equivalent form must have the same information, be equally understandable, and must be completed using the same instructions as the form it replaces.
Shippers and carriers that offer/transport loads that require a placard are required to register with US DOT annually by...
Not quite.
Annual registration by June 30 with US DOT is required of anyone who offers for transport or transports:
- A highway route-controlled quantity of radioactive material (Class 7).
- More than 55 pounds (25 kg) of a Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosive.
- More than 1 L per package of extremely toxic by inhalation materials (Hazard Zone A).
- Any shipment of hazardous materials in bulk packagings with a capacity equal to or greater than 3,500 gallons for liquids or 468 cubic feet for solids.
- Any shipment in non-bulk packagings with a total gross weight of 5,000 lbs. or more of a class of hazardous materials for which placarding is required.
- Any other shipment that requires hazmat placards.
That's right.
Annual registration by June 30 with US DOT is required of anyone who offers for transport or transports:
- A highway route-controlled quantity of radioactive material (Class 7).
- More than 55 pounds (25 kg) of a Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosive.
- More than 1 L per package of extremely toxic by inhalation materials (Hazard Zone A).
- Any shipment of hazardous materials in bulk packagings with a capacity equal to or greater than 3,500 gallons for liquids or 468 cubic feet for solids.
- Any shipment in non-bulk packagings with a total gross weight of 5,000 lbs. or more of a class of hazardous materials for which placarding is required.
- Any other shipment that requires hazmat placards.
Which of these is false? The United States Chemical and Hazard Safety Board…
Not quite.
The United States Chemical and Hazard Safety Board (CSB) investigates industrial chemical incidents and makes recommendations based on its findings. CSB cannot create regulations or issue fines/citations.
That's right.
The United States Chemical and Hazard Safety Board (CSB) investigates industrial chemical incidents and makes recommendations based on its findings. CSB cannot create regulations or issue fines/citations.
Covered facilities must submit Toxic Release Inventory reporting to US EPA by…
Not quite.
Facilities that must submit TRI reporting are those that:
- Employ 10 or more full-time employees (or equivalent hours worked); and
- Are assigned SIC Major Group code 10, 12, or 20–39 or SIC Industry Groups 4911, 4931, 4939, 4953, 5169, 5171, 7839; or that are Federal agencies; and
- Manufactured, imported, processed, or used a covered chemical in a quantity exceeding the given threshold.
Exact details on who must report, which chemical substances require reporting, and reporting thresholds are found at 40 CFR 372.1, 40 CFR 372.65, and 40 CFR 372.25
That's right.
Facilities that must submit TRI reporting are those that:
- Employ 10 or more full-time employees (or equivalent hours worked); and
- Are assigned SIC Major Group code 10, 12, or 20–39 or SIC Industry Groups 4911, 4931, 4939, 4953, 5169, 5171, 7839; or that are Federal agencies; and
- Manufactured, imported, processed, or used a covered chemical in a quantity exceeding the given threshold.
Exact details on who must report, which chemical substances require reporting, and reporting thresholds are found at 40 CFR 372.1, 40 CFR 372.65, and 40 CFR 372.25
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